Re: [CH] News from the garden ... and a bug question
=Mark (mstevens@exit109.com)
Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:59:37 -0400
If that's what I have to do to be sure if they are fire ants or not, I think
I'll just remain ignorant... :-)
On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:52:38 -0400, Linda Hutchinson wrote
> Hold your hand down to them, let them bite it a bit. If it hurts
> like h*ll and bruises later, they are fire ants. Now sit on the
> nest. That's the ultimate test.
>
> Linda, who once fell down in a Florida ant hill and knows that of
> which she speaks.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jose Cisneros
> To: Jim Graham ; chile-heads-digest@globalgarden.com
> Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 1:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [CH] News from the garden ... and a bug question
>
> > Also, a bug question. I noticed, hanging out on one of the cayenne
> > plants, some funky bugs. They're shaped like ants, but the color is
> > different---they're orange with a reddish tint. I've never seen any
> > like that before. Does anyone know what those are?
>
> Fire ants?
>
> Jose
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